Euhadra peliomphala
Amazing fact
Misuji land snails have both male and female reproductive systems in the same body.
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Misuji land snails have both male and female reproductive systems in the same body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Euhadra peliomphala
- Scientific name
- Euhadra peliomphala
- Japanese name
- ミスジマイマイ
- Group
- Tiny animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Camaenidae
- Genus
- Euhadra
A land snail endemic to Japan, living from southwestern Kanto to southeastern Chubu.
It has a large, right-coiling shell. The shell often has brown bands running around it, which gave the snail its name.
It lives mainly up in trees in broadleaf woods and gardens, and eats leaves, bark, moss and more.
How the Euhadra peliomphala lives
On warm, rainy days, they are often seen on tree leaves and similar places. When it is dry or cold, they cover the shell opening with a mucus membrane and become dormant. After exchanging sperm with another snail, each lays eggs.
三鷹市Basic data
- Size
- Shell size: about 3.5 cm三鷹市
- Diet
- Leaves, vegetables, bark, moss and other foodsまちだエコライフ推進公社
- Range
- Southwestern Kanto to southeastern Chubuまちだエコライフ推進公社
Where the Euhadra peliomphala has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- まちだエコライフ推進公社 — まちだのいきものたち ミスジマイマイChecked: 2026-11-03
- 三鷹市 — みたかいきもの図鑑 ミスジマイマイChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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